If you love jewelry, chances are that you have already seen the designs of Kathe Mai. Only you didn’t know it. By design.

As the jewelry designer who created the signature style of Trigem Designs, the world’s largest supplier of brand-name gemstone jewelry, Kathe works to put the company’s exotic gems in the spotlight while remaining behind the scenes. Her jewelry is always designed to forge a personal connection between a gem and the woman who wears it, not a designer name.

“I work to create designs that are an expression of the woman who wears them, not of myself,” Kathe explains. “Jewelry is a personal thing and it’s important that it be organic, to fit like it was made for you. It must be wearable and versatile but at the same time make a singular statement unique to each woman.”